Sorry 9 +10. You were busy. Or rather, I was. Update fail.
So, what's up for week 11? Victory!! Victory is up.
Saturday I finished my 5 mile run at a 12.5 minute mile pace. Mind = blown. My normal trot is maybe 16 minute miles on a good day. Adrenaline certainly did me some good. Walked away not too sore - some pain on my left knee the following day was quickly banished with epsom, arnica, rest, and ice. Voila!
I won't make my goal of 50 pounds by June, and that's ok - I'm still at 20 pounds right now, and will continue past the 18 weeks anyhow. I'm excited to get back into routines this week after several long stretches of distraction. I leave for Vegas one month from today. Hot damn! Bathing suit and stripper dance class, here I come!
Still here, still trudging. So healthy you just wouldn't believe it - with the notable exception of the day my 'nephew' was born. Then, there was cupcakes and pizza... but it was a birthday! I'm back to supplements by the handful and daily cleanses. How are YOU? I miss you. Tell me everything.
xo
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Week 8, a little late
I pondered updating on Tuesday saying only:
"There are banana splits at the Triple Door made from local gelato."
Which would've been quite telling.
Luckily, it's not the whole story. Even with little indulgences and a RIDICULOUSLY busy schedule lately, I seem to be losing weight. To keep from resting on my laurels, I'm getting my butt to the gym tonight.
I'm proud to say I ran around comfortably in my underwear again at this year's panty party. I'm not perfect, but I already feel so much better in my own skin.
My scale isn't actually calibrated, but it said 168 the other night. Let's pretend that's correct + keep on going!
How are YOU?
"There are banana splits at the Triple Door made from local gelato."
Which would've been quite telling.
Luckily, it's not the whole story. Even with little indulgences and a RIDICULOUSLY busy schedule lately, I seem to be losing weight. To keep from resting on my laurels, I'm getting my butt to the gym tonight.
I'm proud to say I ran around comfortably in my underwear again at this year's panty party. I'm not perfect, but I already feel so much better in my own skin.
My scale isn't actually calibrated, but it said 168 the other night. Let's pretend that's correct + keep on going!
How are YOU?
Thursday, March 19, 2009
what? is this really week 7???
Okay. So those first seven weeks were prep, okay? Let's not count them. Or, no, we should count them. Fine we will count them!
ANYWAYS. Since recommitting myself to portion control via ww, I have had a couple bad weeks and one good week, leading to a 2 lb gain and then a 7 lb loss, netting myself rid of the 5 lbs that pushed me over the edge back into the beloved structure of points in the first place. I'm still doing well-but-not-awesome on exercise, averaging 3-4 times a week instead of the goal of 6x a week. I'm talking 30 minute workout sessions here ladies, so it should be doable. So here's what's coming up for me goalwise:
1. Exercise - I want to start wearing the fantastic pedometer my mom got me for Christmas, and once I've got some idea what my average is for steps per day is, start working to increase it. I have also been neglecting stretching and arm workouts for the higher calorie burning abs, buns, and thighs workouts, so I'd like to add these in, maybe in the evenings before bed since they're not too sweaty.
2. Food: Don't hate me, ladies, but I've resorted to frozen portion controlled meals for lunch and dinner. I know it's not very natural but this is temporary. I have come to the realization that I can't control my own portions right now - tracking my normal food consumption for a couple weeks made this abundantly clear- so for the next few weeks no eating out, and we'll either be cooking straight from the ww website or using frozen food.
So here's what a typical day is for me right now, and it seems to be working.
Get up, drink glass of warm water.
30 min workout(-2 points)
Breakfast
1 glass Green Lemonade (1 point)
Snack
Banana(2 points)
coffee w/2 sugar packets and 2 tblsp cream (2 points)
Lunch
5-7 point frozen meal
Dinner
5-7 point frozen meal OR homemade ww recipe
fresh salad (1-2 points)
3-4 point dessert (pre-assembled ww, or 1 cup fat free frozen yogurt.)
It all adds up to a 21-22 point day, and my ww target is 21 points not counting exercise. Plus with the banana, salad, and Green Lemonade I'm getting more than 5 servings of fruit/veggies per day. I'm also drinking 4-6 cups of red tea, which has the double benefit of hydrating, appetite curbing, and flooding my body with anti-oxidants.
I've done this successfully for four days. But I think it's something I can keep up.
ANYWAYS. Since recommitting myself to portion control via ww, I have had a couple bad weeks and one good week, leading to a 2 lb gain and then a 7 lb loss, netting myself rid of the 5 lbs that pushed me over the edge back into the beloved structure of points in the first place. I'm still doing well-but-not-awesome on exercise, averaging 3-4 times a week instead of the goal of 6x a week. I'm talking 30 minute workout sessions here ladies, so it should be doable. So here's what's coming up for me goalwise:
1. Exercise - I want to start wearing the fantastic pedometer my mom got me for Christmas, and once I've got some idea what my average is for steps per day is, start working to increase it. I have also been neglecting stretching and arm workouts for the higher calorie burning abs, buns, and thighs workouts, so I'd like to add these in, maybe in the evenings before bed since they're not too sweaty.
2. Food: Don't hate me, ladies, but I've resorted to frozen portion controlled meals for lunch and dinner. I know it's not very natural but this is temporary. I have come to the realization that I can't control my own portions right now - tracking my normal food consumption for a couple weeks made this abundantly clear- so for the next few weeks no eating out, and we'll either be cooking straight from the ww website or using frozen food.
So here's what a typical day is for me right now, and it seems to be working.
30 min workout(-2 points)
Breakfast
1 glass Green Lemonade (1 point)
Snack
Banana(2 points)
coffee w/2 sugar packets and 2 tblsp cream (2 points)
Lunch
5-7 point frozen meal
Dinner
5-7 point frozen meal OR homemade ww recipe
fresh salad (1-2 points)
3-4 point dessert (pre-assembled ww, or 1 cup fat free frozen yogurt.)
It all adds up to a 21-22 point day, and my ww target is 21 points not counting exercise. Plus with the banana, salad, and Green Lemonade I'm getting more than 5 servings of fruit/veggies per day. I'm also drinking 4-6 cups of red tea, which has the double benefit of hydrating, appetite curbing, and flooding my body with anti-oxidants.
I've done this successfully for four days. But I think it's something I can keep up.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Week 7 Check In
Buzzzzzzzing today. Did a liver cleanse this morning that sounded less horrific than some of the others [A, I believe you did the 1/2c. olive oil one?] but was still an unusual way to start the day. The drink was:
1/2c. tomato juice
2T olive oil
1 clove fresh garlic
1t turmeric
Blended and taken down. I waited 15 minutes + repeated. I did not vomit, though the mind REELS at the 500 calorie intake. Do I count this as a supplement? A normal 'meal'? After the two drinks you're supposed to wait 90 minutes before eating or drinking, so I did my Biggest Loser Weight Loss Yoga DVD [nerd] and [it's about to get personal] a coffee enema. Sounds ridiculous, I know, especially for someone who has quit drinking coffee. However, the coffee stimulates something in bile production and/or bile ducts [too lazy to Google it right now] and helps push out what you're clearing with the liver cleansing tomato juice. I figure if I have to drink that stuff, I want to hedge my bets that it will be effective and do EVERYTHING I can.
Also doing well with the smoothies, my kidney cleanse caps, hydration, etc. Other than Friday night's diet killing party at JR's [cake, pudding, oreos, cheese sticks, oh my] I've been really happy with my food intake.
My workouts, however, have been a disaster. Going out two nights last week on top of a busy work + home schedule was murder. Monday I had a lame workout, Tuesday I had a lame workout, DIDN'T WORK OUT WEDNESDAY. OR THURSDAY. Did some bits on Friday, NOTHING SATURDAY. Had high hopes for Sunday, but DROPPED A 100 POUND BOX ON MY ANKLE. That ruined not only Sunday but MONDAY while I watched bruises form, applying arnica and elevating with ice.
Tonight my workout lull comes to an end. I have a 3 hour date with 24 hour fitness, and I will win out over my inertia. My happy liver and I may even get on the scale.
1/2c. tomato juice
2T olive oil
1 clove fresh garlic
1t turmeric
Blended and taken down. I waited 15 minutes + repeated. I did not vomit, though the mind REELS at the 500 calorie intake. Do I count this as a supplement? A normal 'meal'? After the two drinks you're supposed to wait 90 minutes before eating or drinking, so I did my Biggest Loser Weight Loss Yoga DVD [nerd] and [it's about to get personal] a coffee enema. Sounds ridiculous, I know, especially for someone who has quit drinking coffee. However, the coffee stimulates something in bile production and/or bile ducts [too lazy to Google it right now] and helps push out what you're clearing with the liver cleansing tomato juice. I figure if I have to drink that stuff, I want to hedge my bets that it will be effective and do EVERYTHING I can.
Also doing well with the smoothies, my kidney cleanse caps, hydration, etc. Other than Friday night's diet killing party at JR's [cake, pudding, oreos, cheese sticks, oh my] I've been really happy with my food intake.
My workouts, however, have been a disaster. Going out two nights last week on top of a busy work + home schedule was murder. Monday I had a lame workout, Tuesday I had a lame workout, DIDN'T WORK OUT WEDNESDAY. OR THURSDAY. Did some bits on Friday, NOTHING SATURDAY. Had high hopes for Sunday, but DROPPED A 100 POUND BOX ON MY ANKLE. That ruined not only Sunday but MONDAY while I watched bruises form, applying arnica and elevating with ice.
Tonight my workout lull comes to an end. I have a 3 hour date with 24 hour fitness, and I will win out over my inertia. My happy liver and I may even get on the scale.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Goodness
I thought this would be especially interesting to A since she's also a raw fooder, and possibly to J since she's seen Kate as well. I've been doing truly magical smoothies for breakfast + my ph has been climbing all week. [Less acidic and closer to the ideal 7.0-7.4]
Note that these are NOT low calorie by any stretch of the imagination. But I'm able to stay at 1200 calories/day even with this inclusion, IF I pay close attention at the end of the day.
A usual smoothie:
Organic frozen fruit, no more than 1/2 c.
Vanilla stevia
Unsweetened almond milk [would love to start making my own]
Vitamin D drops
Maca
Raw cacao
Quantum Greens [from Kate P. - they're DELICIOUS]
Coconut oil, roughly 1T
Soaked goji berries + soak water
Sometimes I add a little almond butter, or acai, or spinach - whatever I can get my hands on. I know I've mentioned my smoothie love before, but they're really so energizing + good for digestion. And the quantum greens is taking it to the next level for me.
THE &#$*&! scale has yet to budge, but my belt needs a new hole, or I need a new belt. Seems like excellent progress. And though saying goodbye to coffee feels like the end of the world + killed my workout motivation this week, I finally pulled out a decent 40 minutes this morning. Combined a circuits of my 3 minute snail pace then sprinting a 10 minute mile [well, sprinting for ME] for at least a minute. I've had a huge mental block against going more than a mile all week, so this felt like a GIANT victory. Take that, coffee! You can't ruin my kidney cleanse!
What else is everyone doing? R? A? J? C? Other J? Other R, who I imagine has never actually read this? Our little lurkers, E + L?
xo
Note that these are NOT low calorie by any stretch of the imagination. But I'm able to stay at 1200 calories/day even with this inclusion, IF I pay close attention at the end of the day.
A usual smoothie:
Organic frozen fruit, no more than 1/2 c.
Vanilla stevia
Unsweetened almond milk [would love to start making my own]
Vitamin D drops
Maca
Raw cacao
Quantum Greens [from Kate P. - they're DELICIOUS]
Coconut oil, roughly 1T
Soaked goji berries + soak water
Sometimes I add a little almond butter, or acai, or spinach - whatever I can get my hands on. I know I've mentioned my smoothie love before, but they're really so energizing + good for digestion. And the quantum greens is taking it to the next level for me.
THE &#$*&! scale has yet to budge, but my belt needs a new hole, or I need a new belt. Seems like excellent progress. And though saying goodbye to coffee feels like the end of the world + killed my workout motivation this week, I finally pulled out a decent 40 minutes this morning. Combined a circuits of my 3 minute snail pace then sprinting a 10 minute mile [well, sprinting for ME] for at least a minute. I've had a huge mental block against going more than a mile all week, so this felt like a GIANT victory. Take that, coffee! You can't ruin my kidney cleanse!
What else is everyone doing? R? A? J? C? Other J? Other R, who I imagine has never actually read this? Our little lurkers, E + L?
xo
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Week 6 // Check in
Just telling everyone/myself, I'm still here. Had a really craptastic workout tonight... I just couldn't get it up, so to speak. There are other workouts though. It IS day two without coffee, so anything short of homicide feels like victory.
I had an AMAZING session with Kate yesterday. Really excited about some things I'm taking now, especially quantum greens which are jammin' in a smoothie. Many more sessions to come, but it feels like a good direction to be in. Adding more coconut oil, too + a kidney cleanse, to be followed by a liver cleanse. Hence the lack of coffee. Oh, my.
6 weeks! That's a third of the way to our [first] goal! Needless to say, the end of this 18 weeks will not be the end of my new good +healthy habits. But it WILL be interesting to see what size my bridesmaid's dress is.
I still don't know what I weigh. But I put my pants in the dryer [which I never do] and they still fit today. Good sign.
I had an AMAZING session with Kate yesterday. Really excited about some things I'm taking now, especially quantum greens which are jammin' in a smoothie. Many more sessions to come, but it feels like a good direction to be in. Adding more coconut oil, too + a kidney cleanse, to be followed by a liver cleanse. Hence the lack of coffee. Oh, my.
6 weeks! That's a third of the way to our [first] goal! Needless to say, the end of this 18 weeks will not be the end of my new good +healthy habits. But it WILL be interesting to see what size my bridesmaid's dress is.
I still don't know what I weigh. But I put my pants in the dryer [which I never do] and they still fit today. Good sign.
Monday, March 9, 2009
a video to share
I've been struggling with many things lately, weight is just one of them, but I watched this video and somehow it made me feel less frustrated. I thought I would share it with you:
http://www.thinkandgetslim.com/Abe_Natural_Weight_.html
http://www.thinkandgetslim.com/Abe_Natural_Weight_.html
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